Volume 20, Number 11—November 2014
Dispatch
Human Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 in Confiscated Gorilla
Table
Comparison of gorilla amplicon to other herpesviruses*
Gorilla amplicon identity |
HSV-1 |
HSV-2 |
MaHV-1 |
PaHV-2 |
HHV-3 |
HHV-4 |
HHV-5 |
HHV-6 |
HHV-8 |
EHV-1 |
DNA, % | 99.3 | 93.6 | 85.3 | 86.0 | 53.9 | 61.2 | 49.3 | 43.3 | 48.6 | 65.1 |
Protein, % | 99.2 | 94.6 | 90.1 | 90.1 | 65.7 | 48.8 | 39.9 | 45.9 | 46.0 | 68.6 |
*Pairwise alignment of the gorilla amplicon DNA sequence (GenBank accession no. KJ396198) and predicted amino acid sequence of the corresponding region of HSV-1 (HHV-1; AFI98948), HSV-2 (HHV-2; AGI44412), MaHV-1 (AAT67222); PaHV-2 (YP_443877), HHV-3 (varicella zoster virus; ABF21820), HHV-4 (Epstein-Barr virus; YP_401712), HHV-5 (human cytomegalovirus; AAP37469), HHV6 (BAF93477), HHV-8 (Kaposi sarcoma virus; ACY00400), and EHV-1 (ADI96155). DNA–DNA alignments were performed by using the Wilbur-Lipman Method of the MegAlign (DNAStar, Madison, WI, USA) sequence alignment program (Ktuple = 3; gap penalty = 3; window = 20). Protein–protein alignments were performed by using the Lipman-Pearson method (Ktuple = 2; gap penalty = 4; gap length penalty = 12). EHV, equid herpesvirus; HSV, herpes simplex virus; HHV, human herpesvirus; MaHV, Macacine herpesvirus; PaHV, Papiine herpesvirus.
1Current affiliation: ARMAC Veterinary Group, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
2Current affiliation: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.